Lately I Keep Scissors

by Barbara Manning

Lately I Keep Scissors cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Heyday
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following her tenure in 28th Day, the celebrated underground songwriter establishes her distinctive, deeply personal solo voice. 'Lately I Keep Scissors' pairs brittle, lo-fi acoustic indie pop with incredibly evocative, emotionally unguarded lyrical reflections on heartbreak and isolation.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, acoustic, confessional, DIY, fragile, folk, female-vocals, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Scissors (3:21)
  2. Breathe Lies (2:47)
  3. Somewhere Soon (2:51)
  4. Talk All Night (2:01)
  5. Make It Go Away (4:38)
  6. Never Park (4:33)
  7. Every Pretty Girl (2:50)
  8. Mark E. Smith & Brix
  9. Something You've Got (Isn't Good)
  10. Prophecy Written

Credits

  • Barbara ManNINg - primary artist, vocals, guitar, bass, cello, written-by
  • Jane Harvey - artwork [scissor art]
  • Hector PenaLosa - performer [collaborators], bass, guitar
  • Kim Osterwalder - performer [collaborators], cello [the really good cello]
  • John Stuart - performer [collaborators], drums, vocals
  • Melanie Clarin - performer [collaborators], drums, vocals, performer [scissors]
  • Derrall Garrison - performer [collaborators], electronics [sequential manipulator]
  • Cole Marquis - performer [collaborators], guitar, written-by

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